Selected Publications

2007

  • BROCHIER B., BLANDER H.D., HANOSSET R., BERKVENS D., LOSSON B., SAEGERMAN C. Echinococcus multilocularis and Toxocara canis in urban red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Brussels, Belgium. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2007, 80, 65-73.
  • BUXTON D., LOSSON B. Toxoplasmosis. General consideration. In: Ortega-Mora LM, Gootstein B, Conraths FJ, Buxton D (Eds.), Protozoal abortion in farm ruminants. Guidelines for diagnosis and control. Cabi international: Reading, 2007, 122-124.
  • BUXTON D., LOSSON B. Toxoplasmosis. Biology, transmission and clinical signs. In: Ortega-Mora LM, Gootstein B, Conraths FJ, Buxton D (Eds.), Protozoal abortion in farm ruminants. Guidelines for diagnosis and control. Cabi international: Reading, 2007, 124-131.
  • CARON Y., LASRI S., LOSSON B. Fasciola hepatica: an assessment on the vectorial capacity of Radix labiata and R. balthica commonly found in Belgium. Veterinary Parasitology, 2007, 149, 95-103.
  • GUYOT H., A. M., THIRY E., LOSSON B., BODMER M., KIRTEN P., ROLLIN F., SAEGERMAN C. Description clinique des cas de FCO survenus au Nord de l'Europe durant l'été et l'automne 2006. Bulletin des GTV, 2007, 39, 89-96.
  • LOSSON B., MIGNON B., PATERNOSTRE J., MADDER M., DEKEN R.D., DEKEN G.D., DEBLAUWE I., FASSOTTE C., CORS R., DEFRANCE T., DELECOLLE J.C., BALDET T., HAUBRUGE E., FREDERIC F., BORTELS J., SIMONON G. Biting midges overwintering in Belgium. Veterinary Record, 2007, 160, 451-452.
  • MIGNON B., LOSSON B. Dermatitis in a horse associated with the poultry mite (Dermanyssus gallinae). Veterinary Dermatology, 2007, 19, 38-43.
  • SCHARES G., LOSSON B. Neosporosis - Dog. In: Ortega-Mora LM, Gootstein B, Conraths FJ, Buxton D (Eds.), Protozoal abortion in farm ruminants. Guidelines for diagnosis and control. Cabi international: Reading, 2007, 98-103.
  • TABART J., BALDO A., VERMOUT S., NUSGENS B., LAPIERE C., LOSSON B., MIGNON B. Reconstructed interfollicular feline epidermis as a model for Microsporum canis dermatophytosis. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2007, 56, 971-975.
  • VERMOUT S., TABART J., BALDO A., MONOD M., LOSSON B., MIGNON B. RNA silencing in the dermatophyte Microsporum canis. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2007, 275, 38-45.

2006

  • DECLERCK S., BIE T.D., ERCKEN D., HAMPEL H., SCHRIJVERS S., WICHELEN J.V., GILLARD V., MANDIKI R., LOSSON B., BAUWENS D., KEIJERS S., VYVERMAN W., GODDEERIS B., MEESTER L.D., BRENDONCK L., MARTENS K. Ecological characteristics of small farmland ponds: associations with land use practices at multiple spatial scales. Biological Conservation, 2006, 131, 523-532.
  • LEKIMME M., MIGNON B., LECLIPTEUX T., TOMBEUX S., MARECHAL F., LOSSON B. In vitro tests for evaluation of the hatchability of the eggs of Psoroptes mites following exposure to acaricidal compounds. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2006, 20, 102-105.
  • MIGNON B. Dermatophyties. In: Guaguère E, Prélaud P (Eds.), Guide pratique de Dermatologie canine. 2006, 153-167.
  • SAEGERMAN C., BLANDER H.D., HANOSSET R., BERKVENS D., LOSSON B., BROCHIER B. Risk assessment of the presence of Echinococcus multilocularis and Toxocara canis in foxes from Brussels. Epidémiologie et Santé Animale, 2006, 97-104.
  • THIRY E., SAEGERMAN C., GUYOT H., KIRTEN P., LOSSON B., ROLLIN F., BODMER M., CZAPLICKI G., TOUSSAINT J.F., CLERCQ K.D., DOCHY J.M., DUFEY J., GILLEMAN J.L., MESSEMAN K. Bluetongue in northern Europe. Veterinary Record, 2006, 159, 327.
  • VERVAEKE M., GIESSEN J.V.D., BROCHIER B., LOSSON B., JORDAENS K., VERHAGEN R., COULANDER C.D.L., TEUNIS P. Spatial spreading of Echinococcus multilocularis in Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) across nation borders in Western Europe. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2006, 76, 137-150.

2005

  • BOUCHER J.M., HANOSSET R., AUGOT D., BART J.M., MORAND M., PIARROUX R., POZET-BOUHIER F., LOSSON B., CLIQUET F. Detection of Echinococcus multilocularis in wild boars in France using PCR techniques against larval form. Veterinary Parasitology, 2005, 129, 259-266.
  • CARLOTTI D.N., BARBEYRAC P.D., MIGNON B., GERMAIN P.A. A case of sylvatic dermatophytosis due to Trichophyton mentagrophytes in a cat. Pratique Médicale & Chirurgicale de l'Animal de Compagnie, 2005, 40, 137-140.
  • FAYE D., FALL A., LEAK S., LOSSON B., GEERTS S. Influence of an experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection and plane of nutrition on milk production and some biochemical parameters in West African Dwarf goats. Acta Tropica, 2005, 93, 247-257.
  • LEKIMME M., LECLERCQ-SMEKENS M., DEVIGNON C., LECLIPTEUX T., POUMAY Y., LOSSON B. Ultrastructural morphology of the male and female genital tracts of Psoroptes spp. (Acari: Astigmata: Psoroptidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2005, 36, 305-324.
  • LEKIMME M., MIGNON B., LOSSON B. Des champignons pour lutter contre les insectes et les acariens. Point Vétérinaire, 2005, 254, 12-13.
  • LOSSON B. Mange, Large animals (ITG). 9th edition of the Merck Veterinary Manual (MVM). 2005, 742-746.
  • LOSSON B., MIGNON B. Quand suspecter une infestation parasitaire à manifestation cutanée chez les ruminants laitiers ? Bulletin des GTV, 2005, Hors-série Parasitologie des ruminants laitiers, 233-240.
  • MAHAMA C.I., DESQUESNES M., DIA M.L., LOSSON B., DEKEN R.D., SPEYBROECK N., GEERTS S. A longitudinal epidemiological survey of bovine trypanosomosis and its vectors in the White Volta river basin of Northern Ghana. Veterinary Parasitology, 2005, 128, 201-208.
  • MEERSCHMAN F.D., FOCANT C., DETRY J., RETTIGNER C., CASSART D., LOSSON B. Clinical, pathological and diagnostic aspects of congenital neosporosis in a series of naturally infected calves. Veterinary Record, 2005, 157, 115-118.
  • MIGNON B. New studies on the characterization of virulence factors in Microsporum canis. Bulletin et mémoires de l'Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique, 2005, 160, 270-275.
  • MIGNON B. Mange in cats and dogs. 9th edition of the Merck Veterinary Manual (MVM). 2005, 746-749.
  • MIGNON B., VERMOUT S., BROUTA F., NIKKELS A., LOSSON B., DESCAMPS F. In vivo m-RNA expression analysis of Microsporum canis secreted subtilisin-like serine proteases in feline dermatophytosis. Advances in Veterinary Dermatology, 2005, 5.

2004

  • COLWELL D.D., DORCHIES P. Management of myiasis: current status and future prospects. Veterinary Parasitology, 2004, 125, 93-104.
  • FAYE D., SULON J., KANE Y., BECKERS J.F., LEAK S., KABORET Y., SOUSA N.M.D., LOSSON B., GEERTS S. Effects of an experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection on the reproductive performance of West African Dwarf goats. Theriogenology, 2004, 62, 1438-1451.
  • HAINE D., BOELAERT F., PFEIFFER D.U., SAEGERMAN C., LONNEUX J.F., LOSSON B., MINTIENS K. Herd-level seroprevalence and risk-mapping of bovine hypodermosis in Belgian cattle herds. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2004, 65, 93-104.
  • HANOSSET R., MIGNON B., LOSSON B. Recent data on a current zoonosis: alveolar echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus multilocularis. Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire, 2004, 148, 153-167.
  • JOUSSON O., LECHENNE B., BONTEMS O., CAPOCCIA S., MIGNON B., BARBLAN J., QUADRONI M., MONOD M. Multiplication of an ancestral gene encoding secreted fungalysin preceded species differentiation in the dermatophytes Trichophyton and Microsporum. Microbiology-SGM, 2004, 150, 301-310.
  • JOUSSON O., LECHENNE B., BONTEMS O., MIGNON B., REICHARD U., BARBLAN J., QUADRONI M., MONOD M. Secreted subtilisin gene family in Trichophyton rubrum. Gene, 2004, 339, 79-88.
  • LASRI S., MEERSCHMAN F.D., RETTIGNER C., FOCANT C., LOSSON B. Comparison of three techniques for the serological diagnosis of Neospora caninum in the dog and their use for epidemiological studies. Veterinary Parasitology, 2004, 123, 25-32.
  • LOSSON B., HANOSSET R. Epidémiologie de l'échinococcose multiloculaire en Europe. Bulletin de l'Académie Vétérinaire de France, 2004, 157, 25-28.
  • MAHAMA C.I., DESQUESNES M., DIA M.L., LOSSON B., DEKEN R.D., GEERTS S. A cross-sectional epidemiological survey of bovine trypanosomosis and its vectors in the Savelugu and West Mamprusi districts of northern Ghana. Veterinary Parasitology, 2004, 122, 1-13.
  • MARCOTTY T., SPEYBROECK N., BERKVENS D., CHAKA G., BESA R., MADDER M., DOLAN T., LOSSON B., BRANDT J. In vitro titration of Theileria parva tick derived stabilates. Parasitology, 2004, 128, 131-137.
  • RETTIGNER C., DE MEERSCHMAN F., LASRI S., FOCANT C., LOSSON B. La néosporose chez le bétail : aspects épidémiologiques, diagnostiques et immunologiques. Publications du SPF, Division Recherche Contractuelle: Bruxelles, 2004, 74 p.
  • RETTIGNER C., LASRI S., MEERSCHMAN F.D., FOCANT C., BECKERS J.F., LOSSON B. Immune response and antigen recognition in non-pregnant ewes experimentally infected with Neospora caninum tachyzoites. Veterinary Parasitology, 2004, 122, 261-271.
  • RETTIGNER C., LECLIPTEUX T., MEERSCHMAN F.D., FOCANT C., LOSSON B. Survival, immune responses and tissue cyst production in outbred (Swiss white) and inbred (CBA/Ca) strains of mice experimentally infected with Neospora caninum tachyzoites. Veterinary Research, 2004, 35, 225-232.
  • RETTIGNER C., MEERSCHMAN F.D., FOCANT C., VANDERPLASSCHEN A., LOSSON B. The vertical transmission following the reactivation of a Neospora caninum chronic infection does not seem to be due to an alteration of the systemic immune response in pregnant CBA/Ca mice. Parasitology, 2004, 128, 149-160.
  • VERMOUT S.M., BROUTA F.D., DESCAMPS F.F., LOSSON B.J., MIGNON B.R. Evaluation of immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a Microsporum canis metalloprotease subunit vaccine in guinea pigs. FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 2004, 40, 75-80.

2003

  • BROUTA F., DESCAMPS F., VERMOUT S., MONOD M., LOSSON B., MIGNON B. Humoral and cellular immune response to a Microsporum canis recombinant keratinolytic metalloprotease (r-MEP3) in experimentally infected guinea pigs. Medical Mycology, 2003, 41, 495-501.
  • DESCAMPS F., BROUTA F., VERMOUT S., MONOD M., LOSSON B., MIGNON B. Recombinant expression and antigenic properties of a 31.5-kDa keratinolytic subtilisin-like serine protease from Microsporum canis. FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 2003, 38, 29-34.
  • DESCAMPS F.F., BROUTA F., VERMOUT S.M., WILLAME C., LOSSON B.J., MIGNON B.R. A recombinant 31.5 kDa keratinase and a crude exo-antigen from Microsporum canis fail to protect against a homologous experimental infection in guineapigs. Veterinary Dermatology, 2003, 14, 305-312.
  • FAYE D., LEAK S., NOUALA S., FALL A., LOSSON B., GEERTS S. Effects of gastrointestinal helminth infections and plane of nutrition on the health and productivity of F1 (West African Dwarf x Sahelian) goat crosses in The Gambia. Small Ruminant Research, 2003, 50, 153-161.
  • LOSSON B., JEMLI M.H., LONNEUX J.F. Gales et démodécie. In: Lefèvre PC, Blancou J, Chermette R (Eds.), Principales maladies infectieuses et parasitaires du bétail, Europe et régions chaudes, tome 2, Maladies bactériennes. Mycoses. Maladies parasitaires. Editions Tec et Doc: Paris, 2003, 1255-1270.
  • LOSSON B., JEMLI M.H., LONNEUX J.F. Poux. In: Lefèvre PC, Blancou J, Chermette R (Eds.), Principales maladies infectieuses et parasitaires du bétail, Europe et régions chaudes, tome 2, Maladies bactériennes. Mycoses. Maladies parasitaires. Editions Tec et Doc: Paris, 2003, 1271-1277.
  • LOSSON B., KERVYN T., DETRY J., PASTORET P.P., MIGNON B., BROCHIER B. Prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in southern Belgium. Veterinary Parasitology, 2003, 117, 23-28.
  • MARCOTTY T., BERKVENS D., BESA R.K., LOSSON B., DOLAN T.T., MADDER M., CHAKA G., BOSSCHE P.V.D., BRANDT J. Lyophilisation and resuscitation of sporozoites of Theileria parva: preliminary experiments. Vaccine, 2003, 22, 213-216.
  • NGUEKAM A., ZOLI A.P., VONDOU L., POUEDET S.M.R., ASSANA E., DORNY P., BRANDT J., LOSSON B., GEERTS S. Kinetics of circulating antigens in pigs experimentally infected with Taenia solium eggs. Veterinary Parasitology, 2003, 111, 323-332.
  • NGUEKAM J.P., ZOLI A.P., ZOGO P.O., KAMGA A.C.T., SPEYBROECK N., DORNY P., BRANDT J., LOSSON B., GEERTS S. A seroepidemiological study of human cysticercosis in West Cameroon. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2003, 8, 144-149.
  • VERMOUT S., DENIS M., LOSSON B., MIGNON B. Choice of an adjuvant for vaccination trials. Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire, 2003, 147, 393-401.

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